Modi raises H-1B visas issue with Biden: Foreign Secretary Shringla

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first-ever in-person meeting with President Joe Biden raised a number of issues involving the Indian community in America, including access for Indian......

US: 9 killed in shooting at Omaha mall

A 20-year-old man dressed in camouflage went on a shooting rampage in a mall crowded with holiday shoppers, killing eight persons and wounding five others, before turning the rifle on himself in......

Ebola alert: Second death in US as Sierra Leone doctor succumbs

A doctor from Sierra Leone, who was being treated at a US hospital for Ebola, died on Monday. This is the second death in the country due to the deadly virus which has killed thousands of people in......

REWIND: Best images in the past 24 hours

Here's a collection of some of the best photos from around the world shot in the last 24 hours.   A child rescued from Boko Haram in Sambisa forest is attended to at a clinic at the......

Spotted: Warren Buffett in Omaha

Reader Tushar Khetarpal(right) spent a day with the Sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett, at the legendary investor's hometown Omaha, Nebraska, in February 2008. Tushar was part of a group of MBA students......

What I learnt from Warren Buffett

Fund manager Gautam Sinha Roy shares what he has learnt from Warren Buffett after attending Berkshire Hathaway AGMs over the years. Come May, and tens of thousands of serious investors descend on......

Why Hasmukh Adhia is so wrong on LTCG tax

To say capital gains from stocks are effortless shows little understanding of the treacherous investing terrain, says Debashis Basu. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com A few weeks ago I wrote......

Buffett says hedge funds are a bad deal for investors

Hedge funds are famous for their price tag - known as "two and 20" - a fee of two per cent of the assets they manage each year and 20 per cent of all gains Warren Buffett nibbled on sweets during......

Review: The Descendants is a triumph of human imperfection

Shaikh Ayaz raves about George Clooney's Oscar-nominated film, The Descendants. Among many things, The Descendants is a film of infinite surprises and of breezy calm that is usually associated with......

The Indian who inspired Sean Penn

Graffiti in an Omaha, Nebraska, alleyway in the US quoting Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore left such a deep impression on Sean Penn that it was instrumental in his humanitarian and philanthropic......

This girl was mistaken for a boy, thrown out of tourney

US football greats cheer Nebraska girl barred from competition IMAGE: Mili Hernandez, 8 year old female soccer player seen in undated photo released by WOWT NBC in Omaha, Nebraska, US, June 6,......

Road to Rio a bumpy one for Franklin

‘I've been saying I don't think I swam it as well as I could have’ ‘But you know what? I got a spot, and that's all I needed to do’ IMAGE: Swimmer Missy Franklin poses for......

Phelps, Lochte add chapter to rivalry, Clary closes book

IMAGE: Michael Phelps (right) and Ryan Lochte react after the mens 200 meter individual medley final in the U.S. Olympic swimming team trials at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday.......

Olympic champ Phelps swims his way to Rio Games

IMAGE: Michael Phelps during the finals for the men's 200 meter butterfly in the US Olympic swimming team trials at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska on Wednesday. Photograph: Rob......

Spitz advice to Phelps: less is more

Mark Spitz's advice to Michael Phelps ahead of the London Olympics would be that, when you have already won more gold medals at a single Games than any swimmer in history, less could turn out to be......